Gutteridge v. State of Oklahoma

MORITZ, Circuit Judge. -

Plaintiff Donald Gutteridge, Jr. appeals the district - court’s order- granting summary judgment to the defendants on two claims arising from injuries suffered by D.C., a child who was then in Oklahoma’s foster-care system.

We agree with the district court that the individual defendants are entitled to qualified immunity on Gutteridge’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. Likewise, we agree that Gut-teridge’s state-law tort claim is barred to the extent it arises from D.C.’s placement in two different foster homes. Accordingly, we affirm in part. But to the extent Gut-teridge’s…